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growth cone |
Responsive region at the leading edge of a growing axon. |
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schizophrenia |
Severe mental disturbance characterized by psychotic episodes in which patients lose the ability to distinguish reality from hallucination. |
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bipolar disorder |
Depressive mental illness characterized by swings of mood from high to low; also called manic-depressive disorder. |
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major depression |
Depressive mental illness characterized by experiencing a low mood most of the time. |
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Alzheimer's disease |
An age-related dementia (mental deterioration) characterized by confusion, memory loss, and other symptoms. |
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Parkinson's disease |
A motor disorder caused by a progressive brain disease and characterized by difficulty in initiating movements, slowness of movement, and rigidity. |
